Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers (LSW) are a rare and difficult to find resident bird species on the Quantock Hills. They favour wet broadleaf woodland in the Eastern combes, from Aisholt Woods to Hodders Combe and probably beyond. In 2023 a concerted …
The Quantock Hills Botanical Art Project ~ by Mary Taylor, South West Society of Botanical Artists We are a group of members of the South West Society of Botanical Artists (SWSBA) from Somerset and Devon. For a long time, we …
Simon Davies gives an update on this year’s butterfly surveys on Over Stowey Customs Common ~ We have now completed our third full season of weekly butterfly surveys on a specified route across the Common. Four or five of us …
Celebrating a successful first year of the project As summer fades into memory, we’re celebrating an amazing first year of our Elm and White-letter Hairstreak butterfly conservation project. We recorded the first sightings in 18 years of this threatened species of …
Geologist Garry Dawson delves into the deep-time and the human history of Bicknoller Quarry The rocks exposed in Bicknoller Quarry are Devonian age Hangman Sandstones – see Geology Map below. These were sands and muds deposited around 390 to 380 million years …
Kevin Palmer, Lecturer in Conservation Biology at Chester, announces his plan to bring research investigating the unexpected impacts of human recreation on adders to the Quantock Hills next spring Picture the scene: a beautiful spring morning, the mid-morning sun warming …
Paul Rutter reports on a summer of activity to create wildlife corridors between the Quantock Hills and Exmoor Over the summer I distributed the West Somerset Green Blueprint leaflets to as many landowners as possible who were within, or adjacent …
Exciting news for the Elms & Hairstreaks project, with our first two confirmed White-letter Hairstreak (caterpillar) sightings and a significant donation received meaning that he project will continue, with more trees due to be planted in the winter It is …
Citizen Science projects are a great way of helping our wildlife here on the Quantocks, as well as contributing to important national data collections. Here are just a few of the projects happening now and over the summer months, that …
